What would you say is the toughest mandatory dungeon you've gone through in an RPG? My personal toughest would be Temporal Tower from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness. Porygons and Monster Houses... It's a nightmare, especially if you're a water type (I typically like to be a Totodile).

I did sorta wander into the Feywood several levels too early in FFXII, and spent the greater part of an hour running for my life.  Then later on when I was actually at that point in the story, I couldn't for the life of me find the way to the second section of the stupid place and spent a long and very frustrating time walking right past where I was supposed to go.  

- Black Citadel (Dragon Quest VIII)

 

I still can't get through it

 

- Temporal Tower (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky)

 

JEBUS THIS DUNGEON IS HAAAARD

Death Mountain - Legend of Zelda 2

 

SCREW.

THAT.

DUNGEON.

Peaceful Rest Valley in EarthBound is still one of the most brutal dungeons I've ever experienced. For an early dungeon where you only use Ness, a lot of the enemies are brutal, and when you have to do it again with an extremely underleveled Paula it's not fun at all.

- Black Citadel (Dragon Quest VIII)

 

I still can't get through it

 

- Temporal Tower (Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky)

 

JEBUS THIS DUNGEON IS HAAAARD

Freaking Temporal Tower. ;_; Discharges everywhere.

Giruvegan in FFXII was annoying Probably not the hardest ever though, but annoying...

Zero Isles. Oh the agony...

 

But mandatory? Not really any. Maybe the battle that came after the dungeon, specifically the guild battle. Motherfiretrucking Dugtrio camping while spamming Earth Power.

Edited July 20, 201411 yr by OmegaForte